PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Duo molestie sanctus commodo autem lorem magna duo eos augue ea. Feugait blandit commodo lobortis odio. Quis accusam et labore diam feugiat ea qui. Voluptua aliquyam sed vero. Lorem et ullamcorper exerci eirmod est stet sanctus.
Est magna doming lorem duo diam. Amet ipsum sed nonumy kasd amet blandit tation no et hendrerit et lorem. At nonumy est dolores id magna tempor et dolores takimata eos dolores et aliquyam sit invidunt. Amet nonumy sea ea et labore. Sadipscing elit tempor lorem aliquyam et. Lorem dolore et diam sed sed dolore dolor at.
Sample Output H3
Ut blandit dolores minim sed nonumy tation vero accusam sed dolore ipsum iusto blandit velit consequat. Kasd sadipscing enim et amet consequat lorem dolore eum ut lorem consetetur invidunt erat eu sed ipsum tempor ad. Ea dignissim volutpat minim eos luptatum elit. Labore duo rebum. Nostrud commodo nulla ea dolor ea no dolore commodo voluptua et et accusam erat et amet. Dignissim iriure diam sea. Mazim sed voluptua sanctus.
Diam delenit justo diam ipsum consequat lorem at. Gubergren magna et duis adipiscing ut justo laoreet dolor. Sadipscing consectetuer adipiscing et dolor amet amet sit. Sanctus hendrerit iriure in praesent feugiat hendrerit et sea. In et sea diam magna in vero feugait ut elitr esse ipsum consequat dolores. Lorem elitr ut doming est aliquip lorem dolor eos justo consetetur amet.
Sample Output H4
Feugiat takimata vero kasd labore takimata magna invidunt autem in sed eos ut dolore. Elitr erat dolor et et at esse. Takimata invidunt tempor molestie augue labore est ipsum elitr sit ut vulputate molestie lorem tempor. Kasd stet blandit ut invidunt ea dolore minim accusam qui magna dolore. Amet magna nam sadipscing dolor duo aliquyam aliquyam lorem eos dolor sed invidunt ut. Imperdiet at labore vero elit duo magna stet kasd sed duo eirmod lorem takimata quis consetetur ipsum nonumy kasd. Dolor consectetuer vel eum magna sea eos diam. Nobis at enim sit gubergren justo consetetur et lorem ut takimata aliquyam duo imperdiet molestie magna erat.
Sed erat ipsum dolor et assum dolor gubergren dolor euismod wisi in amet diam nonumy nulla. Aliquam tempor in eirmod qui. Amet in lorem dolor ut diam et consetetur dolor eos. Sea amet cum vero sadipscing adipiscing. Sadipscing at diam facilisi in dolore ipsum quis justo et dolor elitr. Dolor facilisis sit lorem erat erat ipsum ut odio sed kasd dolor nulla duis adipiscing sed vero nostrud facilisis. Dolores erat no nisl quis ea iriure et takimata et sit elitr.
Sample Output H4
Ad labore consetetur aliquip consetetur diam diam no laoreet magna hendrerit amet eos duo. Sit consetetur magna quod dolor labore takimata enim at takimata ad erat. Gubergren elit euismod vero tempor sit amet ea labore. Wisi tempor sit sed et minim rebum et soluta accumsan dolor nonumy diam hendrerit elit. Consequat consetetur dolor consequat magna ex diam. Blandit eirmod odio qui. Dolor et dignissim dolores nonumy ea tation esse dolore dolore est zzril elitr gubergren. Ipsum accusam et diam no dolor ad dignissim delenit. No ea no sanctus lobortis vulputate sed stet elitr amet ea sit accusam. Et voluptua et invidunt sanctus.
Eirmod possim et invidunt eum. Dolore amet kasd. Et accusam praesent aliquyam amet autem dolore ipsum duis dolor dolor. Sed et sed erat labore illum lorem sadipscing iriure sadipscing praesent ex et. Est justo kasd dolore diam justo eu sit kasd vero lorem.
Sample Output H3
Imperdiet suscipit dolore adipiscing illum praesent nulla. Ea elitr sed dolore vel clita dolores accumsan sed lorem duo kasd at diam erat elitr sed blandit et. Dolore aliquam ipsum veniam voluptua clita dignissim nisl. Hendrerit et duis dolore molestie consequat. Et velit vel.
Et nonumy clita consequat sit magna. Laoreet sed in et illum diam amet aliquyam eirmod illum lorem ut nostrud nonumy kasd ipsum. Ipsum ex diam in dolor gubergren justo accusam voluptua dolores kasd duo ea sadipscing no ea. Aliquyam et lorem duo et possim nonumy nisl diam et lorem clita luptatum. Amet ut et dolor ea in clita nonumy magna vero consetetur. Vero labore elit lorem assum. Lorem sea ipsum nonumy lorem invidunt diam gubergren dolor et clita nulla. Gubergren nonumy dolore et dolore ipsum quis ipsum no nonumy elitr. At vero sea ut est voluptua justo magna. Facilisis exerci sanctus eos amet stet et lobortis esse sadipscing diam. Aliquam labore nihil tation duo dolor blandit sed duis sit duo eos.
Sample Output H4
Clita sit stet autem sadipscing sadipscing ut rebum commodo. Elitr consetetur et magna amet clita. Minim et tempor eirmod diam at sanctus clita erat dolor lorem consetetur magna. Et quis et magna justo elitr sanctus lorem et stet suscipit sit in. Ullamcorper delenit aliquyam commodo labore sea accusam takimata sadipscing dolor accusam dolor. Consequat rebum elitr eirmod justo odio ipsum sadipscing commodo dolor. At stet consectetuer amet et sea consequat nulla sit sanctus dolor commodo et tempor nibh vero justo. Duo dolor lorem dolor.
Sit sed vero possim facilisis stet voluptua no dolore voluptua diam clita eum. At ut consetetur clita elit dolor dolor duo et consequat sea congue eu et molestie amet lorem eos. Est ea sed consequat takimata amet. Aliquyam consequat stet sit gubergren eu option ipsum dolor kasd ipsum. Qui sit euismod ut est sanctus dolore et et consetetur mazim tempor et lorem consetetur diam. Et accusam tempor duo diam est ut eirmod accumsan vero laoreet lorem feugiat enim. Nulla dolores diam esse autem option ut diam voluptua quis accumsan invidunt consetetur gubergren takimata est. Amet nonummy qui amet gubergren justo nibh sit invidunt.
Sample Output H4
Facilisis vero dolores clita ipsum vero ullamcorper lorem amet tincidunt. Vulputate autem consetetur consetetur et dignissim lorem takimata. Ut molestie lorem esse lorem gubergren takimata vel elit kasd diam sea velit voluptua magna accusam. Diam eirmod sit eos ipsum sanctus amet nam ipsum elitr aliquam. Aliquyam sanctus sea labore ut amet elitr accusam clita et assum duo vero diam diam molestie lorem labore et. Eos at gubergren. Vulputate esse dolore eu sea dolores dolores ipsum tempor gubergren justo. Magna sed nobis aliquyam nonumy. Invidunt et erat volutpat lorem stet et et sed ex et facilisi amet est lobortis sed veniam ipsum clita. Erat sit magna dolor aliquyam eu accusam labore takimata at odio nonumy placerat eos diam. Aliquyam dolores sea justo et ea no ut veniam lorem sed rebum dolore tempor id ipsum duo.
Eos diam volutpat in et voluptua. Justo et dolor aliquip et sea et. Dolor stet vero voluptua feugiat ipsum diam dolor sanctus ea sanctus. Dolor qui congue dolore odio dolor dolor dolores accusam vel amet placerat. Labore amet voluptua. Stet et lorem ipsum dignissim no nonummy facilisis gubergren adipiscing iriure lobortis consetetur clita euismod feugiat eirmod nulla. Soluta nulla aliquyam molestie at lorem euismod rebum lorem sit et amet dolor quis sanctus. Luptatum takimata nulla kasd kasd dolores facilisi kasd duis at elit diam stet et stet et diam. Sadipscing eu gubergren nulla at amet aliquyam. Consetetur clita diam invidunt diam consetetur eirmod ipsum vero et aliquyam.
More Sample Output H2
Adipiscing consequat qui sed delenit ipsum augue nostrud eu est gubergren no vulputate dolor elitr voluptua accusam adipiscing. Dolor consectetuer accumsan stet labore takimata. Ipsum dolore ea amet diam sea ipsum iusto mazim clita nihil ipsum. Et aliquip dolore amet eos sit magna erat vero nulla diam dolor nulla sea magna sanctus. Sed dignissim ut. Lorem eos diam molestie rebum ipsum nonumy duo feugait elit dolor amet diam nulla qui duo dolor. Dolores elitr et at gubergren sea et sit amet dolor dolores luptatum hendrerit diam tempor duo et. Eos suscipit gubergren lorem voluptua ex duo labore stet justo est dolores.
Vel ut qui sea takimata at stet invidunt dolore vel. Autem sit sed sed et erat ut no sed rebum magna dolor molestie lorem in sea. Sed ipsum sit dolor euismod vel duo. Sadipscing no kasd at et eirmod sed sit stet erat duis nonumy sadipscing clita gubergren. Sea ut eos vero lorem et clita amet amet et sed feugiat consequat labore lorem eirmod gubergren invidunt sed. Vero dolores no diam duis ut accumsan tempor eirmod duo blandit et elitr no consetetur.
Sample Output H3
Sadipscing sit sadipscing dolor sadipscing hendrerit amet sit dolore dolor erat. Clita facilisis at duo diam stet takimata kasd sit consequat justo quis at rebum consectetuer dolor vero dolor. Ullamcorper magna diam dolores ut ut est ea ut stet rebum. Takimata autem kasd consetetur nonumy sanctus consequat. Et velit clita at wisi dolore consequat et erat kasd consetetur laoreet et dolores in amet feugiat nihil. Lorem nisl duis ea lorem et illum sadipscing. Ea hendrerit sadipscing exerci elitr consequat magna eos duo ipsum ut amet ipsum et ex luptatum tempor sea elit. Takimata et nostrud feugait vulputate dolore praesent adipiscing accusam rebum duis eum nonumy vel sea diam consectetuer. No dolore et kasd diam nostrud sed. Amet et aliquyam. Ad est nonumy vel no ipsum voluptua et duo sanctus et.
Lorem et eirmod autem blandit. Facilisis aliquyam amet sit stet labore et dolore lorem diam erat accusam. Dolor lorem qui vulputate mazim diam vero gubergren rebum duo sit. Dolores et dolore sanctus eirmod nonumy aliquyam sanctus quis labore consequat nostrud no no. Gubergren iriure voluptua invidunt magna illum tempor kasd magna et ut ea. At minim consequat stet ipsum lobortis amet duo no ipsum clita nulla et sed. Justo invidunt sanctus vel et est.
Sample Output H4
Stet eu aliquip et commodo tempor ea invidunt dolor hendrerit consetetur lorem ipsum illum. Veniam invidunt enim rebum lorem diam rebum clita lorem. Cum ipsum facilisis dolor nonumy dolore hendrerit rebum clita stet. Stet amet et aliquyam rebum dolores gubergren amet accusam vero ut et eum sea doming. Quis elitr rebum takimata diam accusam amet amet suscipit. Nonumy stet amet tincidunt vero aliquip nonumy. Dolores clita lorem amet nonumy eos lorem clita duis elit dolore aliquyam dolores invidunt. At sed dolor lorem est voluptua mazim amet. Facer erat diam dolor magna dolor aliquam et sed diam at.
Kasd justo diam lorem voluptua sadipscing esse clita euismod ex. Invidunt et imperdiet et nonumy molestie dolores in aliquam imperdiet vero gubergren dolor sanctus magna duis rebum soluta dolor. Kasd invidunt diam consequat et no. Sit et eirmod no clita consetetur vero clita et clita vel. Stet accusam et in sadipscing dolore. Dolor ipsum stet euismod. Vero vero est elitr et vero no sed magna rebum et diam invidunt tempor nulla. Eos sadipscing dolores rebum imperdiet sea. Elitr sed iriure dolor duo stet zzril et. Possim clita feugiat lorem possim dolore erat.
Sample Output H4
Takimata facilisis ea et aliquam possim sanctus ipsum gubergren nisl accusam lobortis ipsum accumsan. Et rebum ea eos veniam. Dolores molestie sadipscing ea nonumy vero hendrerit autem erat sed ipsum ut lorem in erat sea tempor diam. Invidunt ea ipsum sea amet consetetur sed stet sit duo nibh dolores takimata ea ea diam no ut. Elit ea dolores. Ea zzril takimata ipsum amet ipsum sanctus stet gubergren at et. Voluptua dolor euismod sadipscing no autem invidunt quod kasd sit vero dolor takimata. Ex duis magna gubergren at et nonumy. Diam clita sadipscing aliquyam aliquyam justo diam magna feugiat sadipscing laoreet at no sadipscing. At elit sit feugiat hendrerit ea dolor.
Laoreet et dolor sea sanctus veniam praesent vero ut dolor diam rebum. Erat dolores duo ipsum. Accusam ea et dolore dolor sea clita takimata. Tincidunt kasd dolore sed elitr et nonummy. Invidunt sit et sadipscing nonumy consetetur dolores accumsan. Dolore nulla sed aliquip labore te takimata lorem et diam enim dolor aliquyam stet sit. Vulputate consetetur no ipsum gubergren velit consetetur sed no duis consequat. Amet praesent accusam ea at eirmod accumsan accusam sed lorem in lorem at clita amet. No consetetur sadipscing tempor.
Sample Output H3
Commodo dolores sadipscing liber aliquyam dolor ea. Elitr in eos invidunt et nulla sanctus justo diam te dolor quod. Lobortis odio invidunt sanctus feugait consectetuer duo adipiscing magna ipsum rebum. Exerci tempor lorem vero vel no dolore sanctus facer sed lorem eu nonumy consetetur voluptua tempor laoreet. Dolore et dolore magna sadipscing augue diam. Et dolore dolore at kasd eirmod gubergren labore vel sanctus dolor amet nobis nobis. In ut diam iusto aliquip et delenit nostrud dolor est tincidunt aliquam minim nulla rebum consetetur gubergren. Facilisis nonumy dolore at minim sit clita nam est et lorem ut. Vero et takimata vero sit vel sed. Est diam et blandit et est sit minim amet et clita tation consequat at stet amet. Aliquyam voluptua voluptua ipsum volutpat et aliquip clita gubergren sit ipsum ullamcorper.
Hendrerit justo sit odio lorem clita accusam iriure sit no amet at lorem hendrerit sadipscing gubergren. Tempor clita euismod takimata quis ea eos sanctus diam duo at gubergren lorem duo ipsum gubergren ea in. Ut laoreet stet et vero tincidunt erat praesent lorem eirmod amet diam justo voluptua. Ut autem sanctus sit et et diam amet no kasd rebum adipiscing elitr et sed. Ut justo duo et doming iriure sed. Ipsum erat vel et duo diam sanctus takimata ut vel. Diam lorem dolor est eos. Vero est accusam no elitr stet sed clita lorem ea et dolor dolor nulla vero et tempor dolor.
Sample Output H4
Et magna duo vero eros eleifend sea. Dolor minim et duo. Et labore eirmod diam. Est kasd dolor at no at et est at diam sed ipsum dolores. Erat ut elitr at tempor ut. Kasd erat duo kasd tation blandit aliquip takimata eos lorem.
At eros voluptua lorem augue ipsum sadipscing vulputate voluptua voluptua magna sit dolore rebum dolore duo. Sed dolor labore accumsan amet consetetur magna eos sed sanctus voluptua. Lorem nobis in sed facilisi elitr erat nulla tempor stet eirmod kasd at nonumy invidunt dolor eos. Feugait takimata tempor imperdiet consetetur nam ipsum dolor aliquyam dolore. At duo iriure sit.
Sample Output H4
Hendrerit exerci lorem suscipit iusto consectetuer et sed sit no eos ipsum sit vero et sit magna ipsum justo. Sit lobortis ut. Dolores clita dolor stet. Kasd sadipscing consetetur et justo vero exerci duo nonumy tempor eum autem sanctus erat vel. Hendrerit rebum justo clita quod tempor sed amet ex diam ut eos ipsum mazim dolor invidunt. Sit eos et. Amet amet lorem sadipscing vel elitr gubergren voluptua ex adipiscing sanctus. Dolore iriure minim takimata dolor amet vero feugiat consetetur ea ut hendrerit.
Ea clita takimata amet gubergren sanctus sit zzril sadipscing. Justo consequat clita amet iusto tincidunt sit sanctus facilisi duo lorem sit sed diam gubergren feugiat. Sanctus cum molestie sed voluptua no sadipscing dolore eu justo dolores laoreet voluptua. Amet lorem duis soluta amet et erat sanctus eirmod ea. Amet duo dolor magna et nihil eos option et exerci sit hendrerit sadipscing dolor sanctus dolor. Sanctus odio et dolor et facilisis placerat ut ex at gubergren ipsum. Ex et erat sit at elitr in rebum duo. Augue eos minim sit lorem tation soluta ut et takimata aliquyam lorem enim et clita. Feugait sed dolore dolore odio stet duis takimata no aliquyam sadipscing. In justo veniam lorem tation. In nonumy est voluptua facilisi dolor dolor diam eirmod wisi nonumy.